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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	work_n	work_v	wrought_v	1,549	4	8.0871	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13780	Here beginneth a song of the Lordes Supper	Tilney, Edmund, d. 1610, attributed author.; Tilney, Emery, d. 1606, attributed author.	1550 (1550)	STC 24078; ESTC S108085	24,437	64

powered forth and geuen vs signifye represent the inuisible fauour beneuolēce of our heuenly father whereby thorow Cristis deth our syns be forgeuē vs. And as the vtwarde baptyme byndeth vs by our owne profession to stonde to our promyse before God to forsake the deuill and all his suggestions and to cleue to one God vnto whom we ar nowe consecrated to mortifye our flesshe to pourge our spottes to continewe and contende into a more pure and perfyt lyfe euen so when we sit downe at the holy souper we bynde our selues into one loue and beleif in the promyse there rehersed that he gaue vs his bodye to be broken for vs And we bynde our selues to geue hym thankis perpetuall and euer to perseuer in our religion and faithe and in a louing Cristen concorde that we all there present mought euer more be made one brede one cuppe one bodye ioyntly cowpled togither as members vnto Criste our onely supreme heade spirituall ¶ The passage frome vnder the lawe vnto the grace of the gospell FOr a more perfyt preparaciō vnto our newe passouer lombe Criste ye shall knowe that whylis we passe ouer this transitory lyfe ether ar we vnder the lawe or els vnder grace as for them that ar vnder nether lawe nor grace yet wilbe called moste graciouse and grace it self nor yet of siche that so exalt them selues aboue God and his lawes that they suffer syn to haue siche dominiō ouer them that it ledeth them into what so euer they lust frely w t oute all punisshmēt for to do what they lyste and desyer I speke not of fering nether god nor man But yet ye shal note that there be two maner of lawes A polityk lawe made by men a spiritual lawe which ar the commandements of God A man may be a iuste ciuyle man aftir a certayn ciuile iustice as were the Haithen Turkes and Saracens and yet very infidelis Also a man may apere to hymself to other to be iuste aftir the iustice rightwysenes of the lawe of the commandementis which Paule calleth our owne rightwysenes Ro. x. and Crist calleth it the rightwysenes of the pharisais yet before god a very dampnable ipocryte as were the pharisayes Paule hymself before his conuersion as nowe ar all y t wilbe iustifyed by their workis thīking themselues holyest of all men The offyce of the polityk lawe is with fere of punisshment by the swerde to refrayne euill men from thefte murther aduoutry iniuryes or trowbling of the comōpeace which lawe is geuen as saith Paule i. Timo. i. to the iniuste wyked not to the iuste iustitia politica et ciuili aftir the ciuile iustice The spiritual lawe emonge many offyces hathe theis euē to shewe a mā his synnes then to feare hym for so offendīg god so to encrease syn for where is no lawe there is no transgression It worketh wrathe and the punisshment of God Nowe let vs se who is vnder this lawe Some there be that beleue y ● this lawe of the commandemēts whiche is called spiritual because it requireth our affectes altogither mortifyed from all euill thoughtes desyers as baptisme techeth vs they fulfil it so lōge as they cōmitte no open or externe acte wherfore nether the ciuyle swerde nor the ecclesiastical censure may punissh them for as Moses faithe they lyue by or in them yea they thus lyuinge in the externe face vtwarde shewe of the doyng the dedis of the lawe think themselues holyest most honest perfyt of al men How abhominable so euer their thoughtis hertes be with in themselues polluted with inwarde sheding of innocēt bloude wronges desaytes falsehed lying pryde enuye malyce concupiscence almaner filthynes vntyll theise secrete sores and venome brekeforth into lyght yet then ar they not with oute some fayer excuse apparēt colour no lesse then Adā Eue pretexed their synnes with their brode fygge leaues so far of ar these ipocrytes to cōfesse their faultes Under this degre of the lawe ar all they y t apere to themselues and to siche lyke to fulfill the lawe right well to do more to to merit heuen by their dedis to breke into it like geauntes sell their ouerplus of their merits to the .v. folisshe virgens which were shut out at the ga●es whyles thei went to bye of their ouerplus oyle Under this degre of the lawe was Paule hymself whylis he persecuted the Cristianes and yet he lyued withoute the lawe Rom. vij that is to saye the lawe did not hir first offyce in shewing hym his syn Werfore he saithe of hymself in that state of the lawe That hym self was a lyue but the lawe and synne were dead because the lawe not yet doing hir office in shewing hym his syn worked not the fere of god nor shewed hym his wrathe nor dethe nor punisshement for it for the spirit of the lawe as yet moued not his penne vpō his herte But nowe let the lawe come not wrytē in walles nor stones nor papyr but wryten in thyne herte with the fynger of the lawe geuer and tell the thy synnes shewing the whose hygh maiestye thou hast offēded so greuously Let hir worke in the hir seconde office in fering and trowbling thy consciēce w t dethe dampuacion hell then is the lawe and syn bothe a lyue in thy herte thyself ded witnes is Paule Ro. vij Here is a sodē contrary mutacion sed dextere excelsi but of the right hande of God This is the seconde degre of beyng vnder the lawe now y ● lawe accuseth it maketh angry bothe thyself with thyself with the iugements punisshmēts of God it maketh y t god apereth to be wrath w t the to working now in the as Isay saithe a strange worke to worke his owne whiche is to bring the frome vnder the lawe to be vnder grace but yet thou knowest it not because y u art yet ded So lōg as a man is thus wrought of the Lorde he is in preparing hym vnto repentance leading hym vnto grace for the lawe in this degre is the vssher or scolemaster Gala. iij. that ledeth or taketh forthe the trowbled conscience vnto Crist calling hym saying Come ye vnto me all that ar pressed with burden I shall ease you Mat. xi Nowe is the grace of the gospell offred the on the whiche yf thou settest fastholde by faithe so art y u now vnder it certifyed of the benevolent fauour grace of god towerdes the so mercifully calling the continually his armes spred abrode to enbrace the. And yet to drawe the more nyghe vnto Crist to his father Thou hearest this thy fathers voyce saying vpon Crist. This is my derely beloued sone for whose saak onely I am apeaced wel pleased with the. And for because as one promyse foloweth a